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France and the EU are not called to feed the world
Before attempting to feed developing countries, France should cease to be fed by them – Jacques Berthelot […]
Before attempting to feed developing countries, France should cease to be fed by them – Jacques Berthelot […]
Dear friends of the ARC!Happy new year to you all and welcome to the January issue of the ARC NEWSFLASH! ARC has started the new year with a bang. Our highlight was hosting a debate with Dacian Cioloş and a number of civil society organisations on January 20th in Berlin. The lively question and answer session which ensued gave different groups a chance to raise their concerns directly with the EU Agriculture Commissioner.Encouraged by the constructive debate, the Commissioner announced that he will organise a conference with civil society in July this year in Brussels to continue the dialogue. The following day (still in Berlin), members and organisations from the ARC network attended the ‘Wir haben es Satt‘ demonstration which saw a crowd of 23,000 consumers, farmers, beekeepers, environmental and animal rights activists,and developmental groups gather in front of Germany’s government offices to demand an end to industrial farming practices.January was also the 50th anniversary of the CAP. On 23rd January, ARC issued a press release with our signatories, Friends of the Earth Europe and IFOAM EU Group. After 50 years of support for a failing system, we called upon […]
Seeds, GMOs and restrictions on farm-saved seed make food crop seeds a hotly contested issue. […]
As Cioloş continues his tour of Member States, EU Ministers start to do the same […]
SIA in Paris: a dialogue between Commissioner Cioloş and NGOs on the hot spots of the CAP reform […]
Farmers who are victims of pesticides call for action at Paris International Agricultural Show […]
Mario Catania and Bruno Le Maire find convergence on several issues during meeting in Italy […]
Letter to Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini […]
ARC2020 is at once an old and a young organisation. Only a decade ago, an array of organisations came together when Commissioner Dacian Ciolos was at the helm in Agriculture. This seemed like a good opportunity to develop a shared vision for farming, food and rural considerations. These organisations came from many spheres – agriculture, consumers, rural development, health, animal welfare and more. The Early Days 2010-2015 Our activities in this period consisted of working with others to try to make the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) more fit for purpose – more adapted to the real needs of people and planet. To this end, we developed a Communication with 150+ organisations from all over Europe. So from 2010 to 2015, we were a European platform for 150+ NGOs, CSOs and farmer organisations advocating a radical reform of the CAP. You can read our 2010 Communication of European Civil Society to the European Institutions for sustainable farming and rural renaissance here. Our good food march (and cycle!) to Brussels of 2012, which began in rural Europe and […]
Actions in Poland aiming to protect biodiversity and protect the genetic resources of farm animals […]
German food security objectives […]
Danish Minister pushes green growth in presentation of Work Programme to MEPs […]
Joint press release calls for an end to the focus short-term productivity […]
‘Nationality is not a marker for welfare standards’ […]
First Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of 2012 […]
Agricultural and Rural Convention